Our Cabin Christmas

I have been slow to get this post up...I had a lot of catching up to do after the holidays. And I started reading David Copperfield and it sort of consumed my every spare minute--and spare minutes are few and far between for me. I could not put it down. Charles Dickens bewitched me with his profuse prose. So, I'm back to the colonies and back to the 21st century...

Before we went to the cabin, we had some Christmas here in Cali.

A Relief Society Christmas party and a youth fireside called for some fesitive

decorating so we dragged out the Christmas decor and put up the tree.

The weather in San Diego was beastly! We were actually looking forward to the

more mellow drizzle of the Northwest.

From the wild tempest and flooding in SoCal ...

Back to the familiar sogginess of Christmas in the Northwest:

First order of business: Put up a swing.

Making the cabin a happy place for Bailey and future grandchildren.

Our Nativity Pageant

The box of costumes was in California so we improvised...

The Angel (AKA Nicole) was wrapped in a down comforter and

Mary (AKA Shanna) is sporting a fleecy eagle blanket.

Seth was our Narrator

Sam the Innkeeper who entertained us with his improv:

"Sorry, we are totally booked tonight! Don't you know the Chargers are playing? I've got to

get back to the game. Good luck!"

After the children were nestled all snug in their beds, it was time for Santa's elves to set up the play kitchen.

It was an engineering feat.

Austin with visions of Sugarplums dancing in his head

That wore some of the engineers out.

﻿Christmas Morning...

the magic of Christmas was all

focused on our Little Bailey. She is just old enough

to know that Santa brings presents.

And she was pretty happy with the dolly and the kitchen that he left for her.

The Gale Gang

(We were missing Tyler--he had to work. And of

course our missionary, Spencer)

The Stair Picture is usually a Christmas Eve tradition but

it kind of got forgotten in all the excitement. So

we did a quick post-Christmas rendition before the first round

of family left for home.

Since we were all together, we decided to have Seth's Eagle Court of Honor.

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